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Budget Travel to Montenegro: A Self-Care Break for Tired Parents
If you’re a parent or carer, you’ve probably had moments where you dream of running away - just for a weekend. Not to escape your family, but to return to yourself. That’s what this trip to Montenegro became for me.
otherwisekate
May 229 min read
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Why Parents and Carers Need Breaks: How To Avoid Caregiver Burnout
Breaks aren’t a luxury for carers, they’re a necessity. Yet, for many parents and carers, taking a break feels like an impossible dream...
otherwisekate
May 157 min read
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How I've Learned To Travel On A Budget
Some people are surprised that I travel more now than I did while I had a job so I thought I’d share exactly how I do it.
otherwisekate
May 74 min read
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Investing in Life: Lessons from ‘Die With Zero’ by Bill Perkins
I’m not here to give you financial investment advice or tips on stocks and shares. However, if you’re interested in learning about investing in the life you want to live (which inevitably involves managing whatever finances you have) then you’ve come to the right place.
otherwisekate
Apr 188 min read
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Do Parents Have Hobbies? The Benefits of Having a Hobby
Hobbies: how should we define them and how do they benefit us? And in a world where we all seem...
otherwisekate
Jan 176 min read
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Creating a Vision Board: My Tool for Designing a Life I Love
As we usher in another new year, my thoughts turn to the coming year and how I can continue to build a life I love.
otherwisekate
Jan 37 min read
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Trying Life On: The Freedom to Create a Life I Love
“I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.”
otherwisekate
Nov 8, 20247 min read
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Autistic Burnout Recovery: Our Journey So Far
It’s now two and a half years since our boy began his descent into autistic burnout. The burnout that upended our family’s life became a...
otherwisekate
Oct 18, 20248 min read
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Autistic Burnout Recovery: Returning to Family Holidays
Two years ago I felt very little hope in terms of what our family life was going to look like.
otherwisekate
Aug 23, 20249 min read
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London Calling: Why London Is My Happy Place
Why the city of London has captured my heart.
otherwisekate
Aug 2, 20248 min read
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Holidaying Otherwise - My minibreak in Italy for less than £400
How I spent 3 days at Lake Como on a budget
otherwisekate
Jun 20, 20246 min read
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